Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[haxxiy]

SvennoJ said:

Pyro as Bill said:

Ah my bad, Google tricked me. That looks promising for those under 50. It's quite a bit behind though. 2978 deaths currently :(

Here are some more overall statistics, but who knows.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

Would you let your government infect and sequester your children for 2 weeks for the greater good, hoping there will be no long lasting effects, any complications will be treated and the chance of dying is less than one in ten thousand?

Italy's reported cases sadly went up again, thus my theory they had peaked on March 15th has likely gone out the window. 475 more people lost their lives today.

If it's any consolation, Italy tested 54% more people today than yesterday, but cases rose just 19% in comparison. That might show the virus is becoming statistically rarer, at least among people at-risk displaying flu-like symptoms.

Also, proportionally, the daily increase has been more or less decreasing since March 10, on average. Of course, infection will continue within households etc. but I believe we'll be seeing the results of the social distancing measures first and then the lockdown in the next few days.